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**A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.**
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**A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. ** 8 ~+ h3 ^% t( m) J
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**A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.**
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+ @, g( Y+ q! U$ i' N9 U! n% `% h**A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.**
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3 t1 P/ I; f4 ~- ^5 {, C**A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.** ) N4 L0 [: O- U6 w- S* s# P
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**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.** 4 H3 F3 Q4 l& o8 |* ], G

) f6 B/ Z6 K) S& e) F**A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. ** 2 K0 j) L( [1 L

! i$ Z$ C0 t8 V0 N: t2 _7 s: _2 j**A snail can sleep for three years.** 1 h( b. |7 U9 Q1 s, Q$ z/ A0 D8 R

7 A. s# K% c2 p3 U**Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.**   P6 ?2 n% s* X& O6 I) C
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**Almonds are a member of the peach family.**
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**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child % [! m" h' g2 N/ x
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.** ' R. Y! ~9 R- r

6 j- E1 C5 o- F9 t; I# f0 Y- O5 @5 E**Butterflies taste with their feet.**
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**Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.**
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# e: a" i7 E+ y* V. e: J8 Z6 k# i5 r**"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".**
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& N3 e; x; m* C$ x**February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full
0 H6 o4 L# P3 Lmoon. ** - f+ Z( U, C4 q" H& P6 R' h9 q1 A
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**In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.**
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**If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would / |$ F/ X' @! F3 k, r
never end because of the rate of reproduction. ** , |: k8 d+ v. q: P- V: z, z0 [

: D4 p! \7 A* o6 _8 b* F4 `**If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an
: Q2 f. L7 \7 ~3 j: k0 taverage of 6 months waiting at red lights.** ' S5 Z$ ?6 W. @2 e+ D+ A
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**It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. ** / w& ?, U1 b4 q# V1 n6 L. Y
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**Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.**
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5 p' M" C& W9 X**Maine** is the only U.S.** **state whose name is just one syllable.**
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3 z3 V5 ]8 x  l  Z3 N**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
; t# e) V9 F; ?, q: c2 B6 Qpurple. **
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$ a2 {% X  E9 A$ c% A**On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament # \+ K  L0 ?, ]2 p! z  d0 m
building is an American flag.**
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**Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
6 ^$ s, V7 _+ D( z% E; cstop growing. **
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  F: g: Q* {3 n) Y1 c  _+ i**Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite**. ** - z( }& a/ b  j7 f

3 s2 O5 s5 X3 t) t, V* G+ d**"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
8 P3 J& ^  `, X0 _! G9 g3 k1 `"lollipop" with your right.** # s2 o& t. I, e. i7 ?& v
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**The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. **
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/ y; e3 T; u/ z9 p**The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel 1 Y3 D5 F8 M# {
that it burns.**
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) f6 y  ~9 n1 z' O$ f5 u**The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. ** 3 F5 e! s' w2 U: N
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**The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every 0 A' D  B6 C3 _, L
letter of the alphabet.** ' Z, k7 Z( S& s, @/ ]
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**The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
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**The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are ! G( I# C: S9 [9 A/ q
read left to right or right to left (palindromes).** ; X! d4 R) {& H: L2 O

; d# t. k! z+ b' E& }**There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. **
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' e( {/ v% V7 x$ a, p**There are more chickens than people in the world.**
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**There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": " m) d* j* E2 g% p' P
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. **
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**There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in : N/ A$ F' h8 I. b8 ]2 c( n  x
order: "abstemious" and "facetious."** / Q$ d2 X8 S1 r
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**Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. ****
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**TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. **
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% _) `; d1 z: P, f**Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.**
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**Women blink nearly twice as much as men.**
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**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;
1 x  d/ @: o1 ]3 Y: S$ _otherwise it will digest itself. **
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**...............Now you know everything*
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